Older works

documentary / 8min / digibeta / 2008

Yuri was a dancer with the famous Russian Bolsjoi ballet before fled the DDR. Now he lives in Rotterdam where he collects portraits of his family members including Dracula and Elisabeth Bathory. He has no regrets or shame regarding his career as a porn actor or his wild past nor is he ashamed of his current lifestyle. He’s has however one wish; to deliver a heir to his legacy.

Bijna Blind (Almost Blind) is a short documentary about a young man who lives with the fear of turning suddenly blind. In his own unique way he tries to control his world and safe his visual memories. Bijna Blind is a sometimes shocking but mostly eccentrically funny portrait of a man who prepares himself for his future.

I made this film during my second year at the Willem de Kooning School of the Arts.
It won the NFTVM VERS IV Filmmore/Cam-a-lot JURY AWARD at the 27th Dutch Film Festival and won the public vote of october round at NPS New Arrivals the same year. The film screened at the 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam and Bradford International Film Festival among others and was broadcasted on NPS Cultura.